Chapter 12: First visit to his house
During the first three days of Lu Yanzhi's business trip, he would ask Zhou Qingti to have dinner with him every night.
She thought it was just her grandmother's instruction and didn't think much about it.
The afternoon before Lu Yanzhi went on a business trip, Mrs. Lu asked Zhou Qingti to bring her ID card to the Housing Authority.
When Zhou Qingti was still young, she had a shop under her name, and the address of the shop was exactly her dessert shop.
Old Mrs. Lu said it was a wedding gift for her. Zhou Qingti was a little at a loss. The gift was too expensive. Her relationship with Lu Yanzhi was fake, which made her feel guilty.
But what Mrs. Lu said next brought her back to her senses quickly.
"It's not easy for you to run a shop by yourself. Grandma gave this to you because she hopes you can relax a little. From now on, you can get off work early and spend more time with Yan Zhi. If you don't want to cook, Grandma has even found an aunt for you. You can just go home and eat."
Mrs. Lu held Zhou Qingti's hand and said with real emotion: "The auntie will be on duty today. She is a friend of the cook at home. She is quite skilled. Grandma has already tasted the food for you. We won't disturb you and Yanzhi's world of two. Auntie will leave after she finishes cooking."
Zhou Qingti couldn't laugh anymore and could only blame Lu Yanzhi: "He's very busy too, he doesn't get home until eight or nine."
And that wasn't the cooking auntie, in Zhou Qingti's opinion, that was a humanoid surveillance camera!
The old lady didn't care: "I will talk to him too, he listens to me very much. You two should just be happy and give birth to a great-granddaughter for me. I'm old, you don't want me to die in that day, do you?"
Zhou Qingti didn't dare to say anything against it. "May grandma live a long life and have many great-great-grandchildren."
The old lady laughed: "Wouldn't that make you a thousand-year-old demon? So you agree? Then I'll ask Auntie to go over and cook."
"But Yanzhi has already booked a restaurant and said we're going out to eat in the evening." Zhou Qingti was not lying. The two of them had indeed made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening.
The old lady was very happy: "Then start tomorrow."
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After watching his grandmother get into the car, Zhou Qingti turned around and immediately made a voice call to Lu Yanzhi.
Lu Yanzhi was in the office discussing with several managers the tasks he would perform after his business trip.
When his cell phone rang, he subconsciously reached out to turn off the mute function. However, after seeing who was calling, he paused the meeting and answered the call.
Zhou Qingti usually doesn't call him directly during working hours, maybe he has encountered something difficult.
"Lu Yanzhi, grandma just came to me and said she'd hire an aunt to cook dinner for us tomorrow. What should I do? She also bought my dessert shop and gave it to me. I lied to her and my conscience is uneasy. What should I do?"
Zhou Qingti called his name in a hurry, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone. Lu Yanzhi felt a little numb in the ear that was listening to the phone.
"Qingti, don't worry, it's not a big problem. I'm in a meeting right now. I'll come to you after the meeting, okay?" Lu Yanzhi's gentle voice calmed Zhou Qingti.
"Okay, I'll wait for you in the store."
Several leaders in the office looked at each other in amazement. Who was Mr. Lu talking to? He was so gentle.
Lu Yanzhi quickly explained the work and left the company with his coat.
It was the first time they had seen Mr. Lu leave early. Assistant Dong approached a leader who was in a meeting in the office at the time to inquire about the situation. "Why is Mr. Lu so anxious? What happened in the office just now?"
The person being asked also looked confused. "I don't know. I just answered a phone call and said a few words. I heard Mr. Lu call him Qingti?"
Assistant Dong was still wondering why, Qingti, why does Qingti sound so familiar.
Isn't the boss of T cake Zhou Qingti? Mr. Lu has taken him down right away?
It was explosive news, but Assistant Dong didn't dare tell anyone about it and had to keep it to himself.
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"Why are you here so soon?" Zhou Qingti was a little surprised that Lu Yanzhi showed up in the store at this time.
"I'm done." Lu Yanzhi now comes to the store as if it were a self-service shop. He takes a small piece of cake and a spoon every time.
Zhou Qingti poured him a glass of lemonade: "Grandma said that she will find an aunt to cook dinner for us starting tomorrow."
"Grandma has been so good to me that I feel guilty now." Zhou Qingti said in a low voice as he sat opposite him.
His voice sounded a little aggrieved. Seeing a white-haired old man worrying about him and that his existence was a scam, Zhou Qingti felt sad.
Lu Yanzhi didn't know how to comfort her, "Grandma treats you well because she likes you."
Zhou Qingti knew that her grandmother's love for her was also based on the fact that she was her grandmother's granddaughter-in-law.
The more this happened, the more Zhou Qingti felt hesitant to refuse or accept his grandmother's kindness.
Lu Yanzhi proposed a solution: "I'm going on a business trip tomorrow. You can move in with me first. When I come back, you can find a reason to ask Auntie to leave."
"Grandma will probably come to visit me tomorrow, so maybe you can take some daily necessities and clothes with you today to pretend." After saying this, Lu Yanzhi took a bite of dessert and felt satisfied.
Zhou Qingti glanced at the time. It was still an hour before dinner time. "Then I'll go home and clean up."
Lu Yanzhi nodded, "I'll go with you."
This was Lu Yanzhi's first time visiting Zhou Qingti's residence, a small two-bedroom apartment with a warm and bright decoration style.
The slippers are green and the kettle is also light green.
There are a lot of funny and cute refrigerator magnets and some photos of her and her friends on the refrigerator door, with a lot of green elements.
Although the bed sheet was the same grey as his, it was covered with simple drawings of the universe and the starry sky, revealing the fun beneath the owner's cold exterior.
He even looked forward to his own small home becoming more cozy with her arrival.
Zhou Qingti packed some skin care products and cosmetics, and took some clothes to fill the suitcase.
Lu Yanzhi stuffed the suitcase into the trunk and took Zhou Qingti to have dinner before going to his house.
Assistant Dong had booked dinner for him at a Japanese restaurant. While eating, he discovered that Zhou Qingti had a Chinese stomach and was not very interested in sashimi.
She loves to eat meat and has no trouble losing weight. Her parents are not fat either. It seems that she has a gene that allows her to not gain weight.
Lu Yanzhi felt that he and Zhou Qingti were in the process of getting to know each other during the date, and he had no objection to living together.
Zhou Qingti sighed in his heart: Money is really not easy to make.
Lu Yanzhi's home is very grand. Although he lives alone, he lives alone in a large detached house with a river view of more than 200 square meters.
It is bigger than her house but not as cozy. The overall color scheme is gray and white, which makes it look high-end and lonely.
There's a sense of loneliness when the cold electronic sounds of your smart home ring out.
His home is quiet and cold, like a cold spring in the forest. It is said that a person's home can best reflect his character. It turns out that the real Lu Yanzhi is cold by nature, wrapped in the warm wood color of a gentleman.
When Lu Yanzhi entered the room, he realized that there were no slippers that she could wear. He took out a pair of brand new men's slippers for her to wear first, and then quickly ordered a pair of women's slippers on his mobile phone, but there were no green ones.
After thinking about it, he handed the phone to Zhou Qingti and said, "See if you need to buy anything else."
"Let's see what's missing first."
Lu Yanzhi took Zhou Qingti on a tour. The dining room and living room were integrated, so it looked particularly large and spacious.
There were three postmodern oil paintings hanging on the living room wall. Zhou Qingti didn't recognize them, but they must be worth a lot of money.
There are three bedrooms. Lu Yanzhi lives in the master bedroom with a bathroom and a dressing room. The bathroom is bigger than her living room and has complete facilities.
The cloakroom is all covered with floor-to-ceiling cabinets, and the cabinet doors are mirrors, which visually doubles the size.
Various famous watches are neatly displayed in the transparent cabinets, and every tile here reveals the word luxury.
The other two rooms didn't even have sheets because no one was staying there.
Lu Yanzhi took the initiative to tell her about the situation at home: "I have a housekeeper who comes to clean every two days, and she always comes after 2 pm."
"When you come tomorrow, sleep in my room so that grandma won't get suspicious. I'll ask Auntie to change the sheets tomorrow."
Zhou Qingti nodded in agreement, and was glad that he had gone on this mission at the right time.
Lu Yanzhi continued, "You can record your fingerprint for the door lock later. If you want to add something to your home, just add it in."
"Okay, then let me put the things in the suitcase first?" Zhou Qingti asked in an inquiring tone.
Zhou Qingti placed the skin care products he brought in the master bedroom bathroom and hung the clothes he brought in the cloakroom.
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